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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Rocket River, Aug 28, 2020.

  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    Just to make heads explode. There approximately 209 million people in the U.S over 18.
    Less than that have voting rights.

    If you paid people 10$ to vote.
    The turnout would double imo.

    2 billion dollars every 2 years is nothing money
    To the government.

    Then we would get a more accurate view of the will of the voters.

    Rocket River
     
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  2. JuanValdez

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    Well $2 billion in payment and another $2 billion in administrative costs to cut the checks.
     
  3. Rashmon

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    I might even vote three times instead of twice...
     
  4. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    So how did 130,000,000+ vote in 2016? Where did you get that stat?
     
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  5. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    google

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  6. Carl Herrera

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    At least give them the day off to vote, and requiring them to stand in line for hours and hours.
     
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  7. SamFisher

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    Lots of countries do this by making voting mandatory and fining you if you don't
     
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  8. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    I'm still not seeing where you are finding less than 105,000,000 registered.

    When I googled:

    "In 2018, there were 153.07 million people registered to vote in the United States. Although this was an increase from 1996, when 127.66 million people were registered to vote, it’s lower than the peak of 157.6 million registered voters in 2016."
     
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  9. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    Never mentioned registered .
    Only over 18

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  10. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    You said there were 209 million people eligible to vote and less than half have voting rights. I assumed you meant were registered to vote.

    What did you mean by voting rights?

    Also...with at least 153 million voting in 2016, clearly over 1/2 have voting rights.

    What link are you using?
     
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  11. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    ah. . . "Less than that have voting rights." not Half :)

    Rocket River
     
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  12. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Sorry.. I've had the grandkids here for 16 days and my brain is fried. :)
     
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    If people are too lazy and need to be payed to vote I don't want them voting. That's the last people I want weighing in on what's good for America.
     
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  14. Bandwagoner

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    is the fine relative to income or mostly for the poors?
     

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